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Performance Tuning Siebel on the Sun Platform
White Papers Solaris OE tuning, Siebel tuning, Oracle database server tuning, Sun Storage tuning and Sun Java Webserver tuning is presented in detail. Additionally unique features of the Solaris Operating System that reduce risk while helping improve the...
[August 6, 2007, 22:46]
What lies ahead for OpenSolaris?
News Sun is about to take the next step in its plan to refurbish the reputation of its Solaris operating system in the eyes of a small but crucial group: programmers. Sources familiar with Sun's plans expect it to release Solaris under the control of...
[January 25, 2005, 14:10]
Linux back on Sparc
Talkback Because with Solaris being free and open sourced, Linux has no place in the Operating System arena. Everything that you do with Linux, can now be achieved with Solaris, faster, better, cheaper, and in a standardized way.
[February 24, 2006, 6:54]
Mac OS X gets first open-source virtualisation tool
News Sun has released a major update to its open-source desktop virtualisation tool xVM VirtualBox, adding support for Mac OS X and Solaris host operating systems, in addition to other improvements. Besides support for Solaris and Mac OS X as hosts...
[May 8, 2008, 16:44]
Switch to Thin Clients Boosts Builder's Productivity
White Papers Privately held construction and building group BGC has ousted half of its fleet of Wintel PCs in favour of thin clients running Solaris in order to "Go forward" with service delivery to the company's employees.
[April 19, 2007, 1:00]
Performance Tuning Siebel Software on the Sun Platform
White Papers The paper covers tuning for the Solaris Operating System, Siebel software, Oracle database server, Sun StorEdge products, and Sun Java System Web Server. It also discusses unique features of the Solaris OS that reduce risk while helping to improve...
[September 22, 2006, 1:00]
Sun details expanded open source plans
News Sun said Wednesday that it will offer free access to its Java server suite and N1 management software and bundle them with its Solaris operating system. The move will create a single package called the Solaris Enterprise
[December 1, 2005, 9:25]
RSSOwl
Downloads Supported OS are Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris. For easy execution, a exe-file is provided on Windows, a shell-script on Linux / Solaris and the Mac version is deployed in an application bundle. RSSOwl is a free RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader in...
[November 26, 2006, 7:00]
German Linux migration not a taxing decision
Talkback And that is not Solaris. Also it it not about Linux or Solaris. It is not about Sun beeing open source or not it is about where the open source community is concentrated. It is about open source, open standards about the lack of lock-in to any...
[June 11, 2006, 7:47]
FBI supplier puts finishing touches on secure Linux
News Software company Trusted Computer Solutions (TCS) is currently beta testing a secure version of Linux, which will provide its customers with an alternative to Trusted Solaris to run its product line. At present TCS customers can only run...
[October 20, 2004, 14:55]
Sun takes on Microsoft and IBM with Linux servers
News Sun Microsystems plans to sell general-purpose Linux servers based on x86 hardware, a dramatic departure for the company that for years has advocated its own Solaris operating system and Sparc processor.
[February 7, 2002, 17:34]
Is Linux on the move?
News Over the last year, many CIOs have moved from the sidelines to the playing field in the search for a successor to IBM MVS, AS/400 O/S, Sun Solaris, HP/UX, and Microsoft Windows NT/2000 in the data center.
[July 3, 2002, 10:42]
Will SunRay do a JavaStation?
News The company will announce on Wednesday a completely new architecture that places all administration, performance and application burdens on Solaris servers. The new architecture consists of three elements -- the Sun Ray 1 information appliance, Hot...
[September 8, 1999, 11:11]
IBM brings 64-bit Java to AIX
News IBM plans to make 64-bit Java technology available on its AIX 5L Unix operating system in early July, a move that it claims puts AIX ahead of Sun's Solaris and Hewlett-Packard's HP-UX operating systems.
[June 7, 2001, 10:34]
Sun makes peace with the Linux world
News When a customer chooses Solaris, Sun gains in two ways, said Illuminata analyst Gordon Haff. Sun prefers customers to use its Solaris operating system, which chiefly runs on Sun servers using UltraSparc processors.
[September 13, 2005, 9:45]
Sun middleware embraces rival operating systems
News Sun branching out from Solaris. Solaris 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Previously the company had moved away from efforts to sell JDS on Linux and focused on Solaris. Sun today offers JDS on Solaris, on a variant of SuSE's Linux and on its Sun...
[October 26, 2005, 9:20]
IBM reports claim Linux savings
News One report found Linux was 40 percent cheaper overall than Windows, and 56 percent cheaper than Unix based Solaris. One report, called TCO For Application Servers: Comparing Linux With Windows And Solaris, calculated the total cost of ownership...
[September 1, 2005, 17:45]
Sun accused of cheating Java benchmarks
News An October 20 Sun Microsystems press release claimed Sun's Web-enhanced Solaris operating system runs Java faster than any other environment. It states: "The new Web-enhanced Solaris 2.6, with integrated Java technology, provides the best...
[November 5, 1997, 15:15]
Sun to charge for next StarOffice
News In a move that could undercut its anti-Microsoft campaign, Sun Microsystems plans to start charging for the next version of its StarOffice software, a suite of programs that competes with Microsoft Office but runs on Linux and Solaris as well as...
[February 26, 2002, 10:10]
Open is as open does, Sun
Leader He's sad that IBM hasn't said it will port its big gun applications to his new Solaris 10 operating system -- but he's not sad for himself, you understand. Open doesn't seem to mean IBM selling its PowerPC hardware with Solaris on top; presumably...
[January 25, 2005, 12:25]
